Akron Detectives Map 250 Mile Scope in Dr Miller Killing
Akron police chief draws a 250 mile circle from Akron to locate the gunman who assassinated Dr Malcolm Dean Miller a 61 year old physician. Inspector Verne Cross says secret patients and motives connected to the slain man may reveal the suspect. The killer shot Miller 20 days ago in his back office as his wife watched.
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Verne Cross
Akron
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Toledo
Malcolm Dean Miller
Cross
Dr. Miller
Senator Norris Attacks Compulsory Training as World Bully
Senate critic Norris argues peacetime conscription would turn the United States into an international bully and warp youth, citing Hitler's Reich as a lesson. Senator Minton predicts passage as Congress advances Burke-Wadsworth, while outside groups call for delay and job protections for trainees. The Military Committee weighs exemptions for Congress officials and conscientious objectors as the bill moves toward debate.
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Washington
Norris
Ind-Neb
United States
Senate
Third Reich
Adolf Hitler
Minton
Minton Ma
Capitol
National Council For the Prevention of War
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Sheppard
Motor Launch Sinks Big Boat In Lightning Raid
German sea raider torpedoed an armed merchant ship near Portland, England, then fled across the Channel. Other raids hit Weybridge, near London, and a 60 mile dash showed German air power threatening Britain as RAF countered with relentless air operations.
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Associated Press
London
High Command
English Channel
Britain
Portland
Vickers Aircraft
Weybridge
Brooklands
England
Channel
Reich
RAF
Royal Air Force
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
Norway
Hitler
British Isles
London Daily Telegraph
United Kingdom
Logan Day by Day Girls Lead in Camp Interest
At the county extension office on Thursday it was noted that girls show more interest in camping than boys in Hocking County. Thirty girls enrolled in Junior Camp at Ross Hocking this week, versus seven boys. The camp began Monday and closes Saturday.
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Hocking County
Ross-Hocking
Rattlesnake Display Reported in Salt Creek Township
Deputy Sheriff Nellis Smith reported a live rattlesnake captured near Carmel church in Salt Creek Township. The 14 rattle, three foot specimen was shown by two men and intended for possible loan to Columbus and Cincinnati zoos. The officer recalled seeing a blacksnake kill a rattler in youth and noted blacksnakes are common in Riocking County.
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Salt Creek Township
Nellis Smith
Carmel Church
Columbus
Cincinnati
Speputy Smith
Riocking County
Johnson Quits Cabinet Post in Roosevelt Administration
The White House announced the resignation of Louis Johnson as assistant secretary of war. Robert Patterson of New York, a judge on the second United States Circuit Court of Appeals, was named his successor. Johnson resigned yesterday and flew to Bohemian Grove.
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Washington
White House
Louis Johnson
Robert Porter Patterson
New York
Second
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Stephen Early
Henry L. Stimson
Patterson
Early
Johnson
Bohemian Grove
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Special Tribunal to Try Edouard Daladier
A special tribunal will be set up in Vichy to try former Premier Edouard Daladier and other ex leaders for responsibility for France entry into the war and the defeat. The tribunal’s establishment is expected soon and some journalists may be tried with government leaders.
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Vichy
France
Edouard Daladier
Ohio Heat Wave May End Within Next 24 Hours
Hockin County and statewide residents endured extreme heat with 102 degrees in Springfield and multiple cities in the high 90s. The seven day heat siege has caused 35 deaths statewide with 11 prostrations and 5 drownings. officials noted rising pool use as relief efforts continue.
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Ohio
Springfield
Sandusky
Toledo
Fremont
Cincinnati
Dayton
Hyman L. Meyer
Cleveland
Joseph Kerutis
William Stechow
Tillie Zahner
Newark
Charles Eberst
Eberst
Jail Jumps Trucking Contractor in Man’s Death
Newark Ohio July 25 Detectives jailed Gerald Williams 37 trucking contractor on first degree manslaughter in the death of Tillie Zahner 49. Coroner Keller says verdict attributes death to heart attack. Williams told detectives the woman was with him from 6 P M to 10 P M Monday. Her severely lacerated body was found in a junk yard Tuesday.
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Newark
Gerald Williams
Tillie Zahner
Paul Keller
Tom Wilson
Eyler Burris
Williams
Toledo man dies as truck crashes into bridge in Marysville
William Bunge, about 27, of Toledo, fell asleep at the wheel and his truck-trailer hit a concrete bridge ten miles north of Marysville on Route 31. He was killed in the crash.
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Marysville
William Bunge
Toledo
Here
Farmers discuss U S Arsenal site near Kingston and Laurelville
Farmers in the tri county area near Kingston meet at Chillicothe to consider a proposed government munitions plant. Residents report two federal men inspecting land near Laurelville, with a projected cost of 30 million dollars for a 15 square mile site.
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Tri-County
Kingston
Chillicothe
Laurelville
Hocking County
Auto Injuries Fatal Near Piua Ohio
Auto injuries suffered yesterday caused the death today of Scott Hill 23. Two companions are recovering.
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Piua
Scott Hill
Pan American Conference Nears Deadline For Proposals
July 25 AP reports representatives of 21 American republics reached the conference climax as they faced a noon deadline for proposals on hemisphere defense and economic issues. Key items include European colonies, suppression of fifth column activities, and relief for war disrupted economies. Argentina urged caution against hasty action while backing a trustee ship plan to guard colonies. The U S proposal seeks united action to eradiate subversive activities by foreign diplomats with immunity.
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Havana
United State
United States
I Jary
Cordell Hull
Argentina
Leopoldo Melo
U S Aids Britain to Buy Airplanes
Secretary Morgenthau announced the United States will provide full facilities to let Britain purchase 3,000 military aircraft monthly in the United States. New factories will be built with British funding, boosting U S capacity to over 50,000 planes annually beyond Roosevelt's May defense goal. William S. Knudsen will coordinate details.
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Washington
Morgenthau
United States
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Treasury
Williams. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Roosevelt
Romanian Minister Tilea Recalled From London Post
A Romanian legation spokesman in London announced that Viorel Virgil Tilea, Romania’s minister to England since 1938, had been recalled.
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London
Legation
Viorel Virgil Tilea
England
PLACE EMBARGO ON OIL TANKERS
Washington July 25 AP government halted two Texas bound tankers with 200000 barrels of oil for Spain marking an embargo like restriction on fuel supplies reaching Germany or Italy via intermediaries. Maritime Commission says trips limited to Western hemisphere for safety reasons. Foreign tankers unaffected.
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Washington
Spain
Germany
Italy
Maritime Commission
Texas
White House
State Department
Russian-born wife slapped in Shanghai incident
A belated dispatch reports that the wife of C. J. Meyer of Salt Lake City was slapped in Shanghai. The incident involved a Russian-born woman and occurred amid police action in the city.
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Shanghai
C. J. Meyer
Salt Lake City
Utah
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